Japanese
 NBRP Rat No: 0004 Strain NameDON/Kyo Commmon Name: DON, Donryu rat, DONRYU
 Principal Investigator  Tadao Serikawa
 Organization   Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University Institute of Laboratory Animals
 Address  Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku

606-8501 Kyoto

 JAPAN
 Telephone  075-753-4360  Fax:  075-753-4409  serikawa@anim.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp
 Inbred Generations   F64+64 (March 2012) 
   
 Coat Color
 Deposition Status
 
 albino (c)
  Embryo      Sperm      Live Animals
 Usage Restrictions   
 Genetic Status   Inbred   Segregating   Congenic   Consomic    Recombinant 
  Coisogenic   Spont. Mutant    Transgene   Ind. Mutant    Others 
 Comercial Availability   
 Research Category   Diabetes Obesity    Neurobiology    Ophthalmology    Dentistry    Cardio- Hypertension 
  Oncology   Metabolism   Otorhinology    Immunology    Infectious Disease
  Osteology    Internal Medicine   Dermatology   Reproduction    Development
  Behavior    Hematology    Urology   Pharmacology   Others 
  Control Strains   Reporter gene Strains  
 Gene
 Origin Japanese albino rats > R.Sato, Nippon Rat(1950) > Kyo (1978, F64), formaly DONRYU/2 
 Strain Characteristics Japanese reference strain. 
 Breeding Conditions Good breeding performance. 
 Genotyping  
 References  Igarashi M, Hippo Y, Ochiai M, Fukuda H, Nakagama H.
AKT is critically involved in cooperation between obesity and the dietary carcinogen amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo [4,5-b] (PhIP) toward colon carcinogenesis in rats.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2013 Dec 13. pii: S0006-291X(13)02128-1.

Hirayama et al.,
Genetic profile of 12 inbred rat strains for 46 microsatellite loci selected as genetic monitoring markers.
Jikken Dobutsu. 43(1),129-132, 1994.

Yamada J.
Genetic markers in the rat: importance of inbred strains and Donryu rat.
Igaku & Yakugaku 4(5):599-606,1980. (Japanese)